The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-07-29
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town, who came Ill later, lehman
Coles called the meeting to order, and
the minutes of the last meeting were
read by secretary II. C. Perry, of Alloway,
and adopted.
At the last meeting Of the Board it was
resolved that the experimental station be
asked as to the relative values of phos-
phoric acid made from bone and of phos-
phoric acid made from South Carolina
rock. A copy of this resolution was for
warded to the experimental station by the
secretary and the following answer was
| received:
NEW JERSEY EXPERIMENTAL STATION,
NEW BRUNSWICK, MAY %, 1857.
II. c. PERRY, Esq,
sec. Salem Co. Board of Agriculture,
DEAL SIR:
Your letter with the request of the Salem
County Board of Agriculture was duly re-
ceived. We have delayed answering for a few
days in order to send you our annual report,
which contains an account of analyses and
field experiments made by the station with
different phosphates. We send the report
with this, and the experiments are described
upon pages ISLES. They do not, however.
meet the question You ask.
We have no evidence that phosphoric acid
made from bone, either soluble or reverted,
differs at all in fertilizing qualities from that
made ofSouth Carolina rock. The former, of
course, has the nitrogen of the bone in it,
while the latter is entirely free from nitrogen.
In any attempt to compare their fertilizing
qualities it will be necessary to mix so. Car.
rock with a portion of organic nitrogen dried
blood when they should be applied to the
soil.
The request you make for having expert
ments made to test the permanency and Ell
fects OF the two fertilizers is a reasonable and
important one, and the station will cooperate
with your Board 20 plan and carry out ex-
periments to test the question 1t is too late
to try the experiment this year upon spring
crops, but they may well be begun in July
upon turnips or rutabagas, both of which are
especially benefited by Ehosphates. To make
the experiments so as to have them conclu-
sive, will require something over an acre of
land, which Will need to be kept two or more
years under observation in order to complete
the work contemplated in the question. The
station will plan and conduct the experiments
here, but we should like to have similar ex-
periments carried on by some perhaps four
or five) representative farmers whom you
might select from different parts of your
county. The station will furnish the plan
and provide the fertilizers for all the expert
ii lAOtStp t0 III i0S ~ AN-S
for the land and leave the crop for the farmer.
requiring only that Instructions be faithfully
ollowed and full records made of all p%articu-
lars relating TO dates, tillage, weight of crops
produced, etc.
The funds provided for the station will not
warrant more money than this to be expend-
cd, and it is important thatintelligent farmers
should, with their practical skill, cooperate in
such experiments.
We shall be glad to hear if this will be ac-
eeptable to your Board.
Yours respectfully,
GEORGE Ii. Cook, Director.
p. S.-This letter is written under the as
sumption that your question relates TO raw
bone, ground and acidulated, and not to acid
ulated bone-ash or comeback. G. II. C..
The proposition of Prof. Cook, contained
in the above, was received with much
favor by the members of the Board and
the following were appointed as a COM
mittee to carry out the experiments mem
toned in the letter: Joseph W. Cooper,
BENZ. T. Straughn, Pedricktown; II. G.
Perry, Alloway; Reeve Flitcralt and Ell
mer Gaunt, Woodstown. The above CON-
mittee were instructed to report the result
of experiments made at a regular meeting
| of the Board.
Complaint was made by some members
of the Board concerning the delay in dis
tribution and the scarcity in this vicinity
of the published reports of the State Board
of Agriculture.
Woodruff Petit, chairman of the com
mittec appointed at the last meeting to as
certain the ACCESSIBILITY of a annual sale
| of blooded stock, to be held at our county
fair, reported that the matter had been
lavorably received bythose who had been
consulted. The report of the committee
was received, and on motion ordered that
the committee be increased by a member
from each township, as far as the town.
| ships are represented in the board. The
following were appointed, in addition to
Woodruff Petit, Mannington; Edwin
Colson, Pittsgrove; and Frank Davis,
Pilesgrove; the original committee. Benz.
f. S~traughn, Oldmans; Edward G.. Brick,
| Salem; Richard NJ. Dubois, Quinton;
| Dan'l p. Dorrell, Alloway.
Considerable discussion was raised by
a suggestion offered by J. Walter Pan
coast, that the board purchase a blooded
trotting stallion, to be used by member of
the board for breeding purposes, at actual
cost. Some of the members were of the
opinion that such an action would nat
| urally lead to the purchase of other breed
| ing stock, such as draft and coach horses,
bulls, etc, for which a farm would have
to be purchased. On motion of Mr.. Pam
coast, it was ordered that a committee be
| appointed to ascertain how much money
could be raised among members of
the board for the purchase Of a
| blooded trotting stallion, to report at the
next meeting. The committee named
above, appointed to consider the advisable
ity of holding a sale of blooded stock, was
ordered to serve as the committee on this
question.
By invitation of one of the members,
| Woodruff Petit gave an interesting and
instructive talk on how to plant and grow
a hedge.
Mr.. Petit also gave the results of some
experiments which he had been making
for the experimental station with the
| value OF different fertilizers on wheat, rye.
and oats.
Lewis Schaible, of Shiloh, a very sue
cessful peach grower, who one season sold
1888 baskets from 105 five year old trees,
| gave a very interesting talk on the relative
| value of various fertilizers, and OF some
| peculiarities connected with peach culture.
A resolution offered by J. Walter Pan
coast, that the Board request the execu-
tive committee of the State Board to Sc
cure the services Of Henry George, to adj
dress the next meeting of the State Board
of Agriculture, was lost.
A rising vote of thanks was extended to
WoodnutP atfit for his Danar CONCERNING